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That is some seriously aggressive bevel setting with a lot of metal removed. After that aggressive of hone work I should hope the bevel would be set and any weak metal removed.

I will try to explain my theory on what is happening, and it kind of fits with what Oz said too. The fat edge has been beat up and rusty for a while. All of the fatigue goes past the edge. Kind of...

It is hard for me to explain why I think it help, so lets just jump to what I do and forget the why. On a restored razor. I will typically set the bevel and then kill it on the corner of the 1K hone...